Vital Statistics
Registration of vital events in South Africa has improved considerably during the past decade, but still not considered to be complete for black South Africans. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. (Natural increase or decrease over a time period is the difference between that period's live births and deaths, before accounting for inward or outward migration.)
| Period | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural Increase per year | Crude Birth Rate (per 1,000 per year) |
Crude Death Rate (per 1,000 per year) |
Natural Increase (per 1,000 per year) |
Total Fertility Rate (over av'ge woman's life) | Infant Mortality Rate (per 100,000 live births) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-1955 | 629 000 | 295 000 | + 334 000 | 43.3 | 20.3 | + 23.0 | 6.50 | 96 |
| 1955-1960 | 697 000 | 297 000 | + 400 000 | 42.5 | 18.1 | + 24.4 | 6.50 | 91 |
| 1960-1965 | 774 000 | 310 000 | + 464 000 | 41.6 | 16.7 | + 25.0 | 6.30 | 87 |
| 1965-1970 | 808 000 | 312 000 | + 496 000 | 38.2 | 14.7 | + 23.5 | 5.70 | 84 |
| 1970-1975 | 909 000 | 317 000 | + 592 000 | 37.7 | 13.1 | + 24.6 | 5.47 | 77 |
| 1975-1980 | 980 000 | 319 000 | + 661 000 | 35.8 | 11.7 | + 24.1 | 5.00 | 71 |
| 1980-1985 | 1 052 000 | 307 000 | + 745 000 | 33.9 | 9.9 | + 24.0 | 4.56 | 61 |
| 1985-1990 | 1 086 000 | 299 000 | + 787 000 | 31.1 | 8.6 | + 22.5 | 4.00 | 53 |
| 1990-1995 | 1 073 000 | 332 000 | + 742 000 | 27.5 | 8.5 | + 19.0 | 3.34 | 51 |
| 1995-2000 | 1 082 000 | 450 000 | + 632 000 | 25.1 | 10.4 | + 14.7 | 2.95 | 56 |
| 2000-2005 | 1 111 000 | 645 000 | + 466 000 | 24.0 | 13.9 | + 10.1 | 2.80 | 59 |
| 2005-2010 | 1 074 000 | 746 000 | + 328 000 | 21.9 | 15.2 | + 6.7 | 2.55 | 55 |
| Year | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate (per 1,000) |
Crude death rate (per 1,000) |
Natural increase (per 1,000) |
Fertility rates (per woman) |
Average population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 170 773 | 532 482 | + 638 291 | 26.1 | 11.9 | + 14.2 | 2.92 | 44 814 000 |
| 2002 | 1 167 622 | 577 444 | + 590 178 | 25.7 | 12.7 | + 13.0 | 2.86 | 45 246 000 |
| 2003 | 1 162 612 | 618 293 | + 544 319 | 25.2 | 13.4 | + 11.8 | 2.81 | 45 801 000 |
| 2004 | 1 153 924 | 652 868 | + 501 056 | 24.7 | 14.0 | + 10.7 | 2.75 | 46 345 000 |
| 2005 | 1 143 062 | 678 386 | + 464 676 | 24.2 | 14.4 | + 9.8 | 2.69 | 46 892 000 |
| 2006 | 1 131 306 | 676 660 | + 454 646 | 23.7 | 14.2 | + 9.5 | 2.64 | 47 391 000 |
| 2007 | 1 116 931 | 664 009 | + 452 922 | 23.1 | 13.8 | + 9.3 | 2.58 | 47 851 000 |
| 2008 | 1 103 281 | 640 521 | + 462 760 | 22.6 | 13.1 | + 9.5 | 2.52 | 48 687 000 |
| 2009 | 1 090 567 | 611 338 | + 479 229 | 22.1 | 12.4 | + 9.7 | 2.47 | 49 320 000 |
| 2010 | 1 075 513 | 593 907 | + 481 606 | 21.5 | 11.9 | + 9.6 | 2.41 | 49 991 000 |
| 2011 | 1 059 417 | 591 366 | + 468 051 | 21.0 | 11.7 | + 9.3 | 2.35 | 50 586 757 |
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